BBC’s Leftie ‘comedy’ bias is a woke joke
Your article on the BBC’s Leftwing comedy bias was spot-on. Why on earth does the BBC think everyone is no longer tuning in? We are forced to pay our licence fees only to have this ‘comedy’ forced down our throats.
Jenny Jones, Southampton
The ‘comedians’ listed in the article are as funny as toothache. Comedy is not about insulting individuals or their ways of life. These people are more activists than comedians.
Chris Sharp, Leeds
We seem to have lost our sense of humour generally. It’s normal that comedy uses satire to poke fun at those in power. What we are missing is all the other humour we used to enjoy.
R. Morton, Doncaster
We were reminded last week that Scotland continues to be the drugs death capital of Europe.
Yet when this was about to be debated in Holyrood on Tuesday, Nicola Sturgeon and her deputy promptly scarpered from the chamber, leaving the hapless Public Health Minister, Joe FitzPatrick, to take the flak – resulting in his resignation.
If they had been discussing Indyref 2, would Sturgeon and Swinney have stayed put? You bet.
Martin Redfern, Melrose, Roxburghshire
After such a miserable year there is finally a bright spot on the horizon in the form of a vaccine.
Of course, there will be more challenges ahead and they will demand of us resilience and determination. But this country came through two world wars; grit resides deep within our DNA.
Whatever lies ahead, we will face it with courage, endeavour and hope. Let us have a cautious and restrained festive season, knowing we’ll soon be out and about again. Denis Bruce, Bishopbriggs,
Dunbartonshire
Litter wardens have been accused of using ‘Stasi-like’ tactics to rack up fines. If the idea is to keep our streets clean, then the offender should be given the chance to pick up whatever they dropped.
D. David, Pwllheli, Wales
Government guidelines state that enforcement action shouldn’t be taken if the littering is accidental. The recent attempt to fine an 82-year-old in Windsor after tissue fell from her bag was a clear breach of those guidelines.
M. Jones, Hertford
I don’t know anyone who thinks that dropping litter is acceptable behaviour. In fact, most people I know wish the council would punish litterers more harshly.
Rolf Kitching, Gosport
People who drop rubbish are litter louts, plain and simple. Why do they think they are above the law? John Smyth, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
We’ve had the same sort of nonsense from ‘Covid marshals’ hired by our council, who were so aggressive with a restaurant owner that he called the police to have them removed.
R. Jackson, Lowestoft